It is reported that the spacecraft Kepler has exhausted its fuel and can no longer perform scientific operations. Kepler also found nature often produces jam-packed planetary systems, in some cases with so many planets orbiting close to their parent stars that our own inner solar system looks sparse by comparison. The telescope was able to send data for five years more, until now.

Kepler was originally positioned to stare at one star-studded patch of the sky in the constellation Cygnus. That means that they are located at a distance from the stars that orbit where liquid water, a vital ingredient for life as we know it, can accumulate on the surface of these exoplanets.

Kepler was launched in 2009 and was expected to continue transmissions from the largest digital space camera then in use for three and a half years.

While the data collection phase for Kepler has ended, STScI's Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes will continue to make all data from the Kepler observatory available in perpetuity.

But the mission was not without its hiccups - in 2013, mechanical failures stopped Kepler's observations. Kepler's readings have helped scientists study in depth the history of our Milky Way galaxy and the early stages of supernovae.

Charlie Sobeck, a project system engineer at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California said that due to the fuel weariness the Kepler spacecraft has thrust the conclusion of its service life.

"I'm excited about the diverse discoveries that are yet to come from our data and how future missions will build upon Kepler's results".

NASA recently announced that it has chose to end the mission of the Kepler space telescope, an instrument that has served to discover more than 2,600 exoplanets in the last nine years.

Kepler was replaced by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), which was launched in April. As an astronomical passing of the baton, in the last month of Kepler's mission, both TESS and Kepler simultaneously observed over a hundred of the same stars.

Black holes are among the most elusive objects in the universe, but research out of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) suggests the remnant cores of burned-out stars could be the key to making the first observation ...

The heated rhetoric comes amid a final push by Republicans and Democrats to control Congress after the midterm election. The Democrats, he said, want to "clear the borders" and smuggle "the clandestine ones before the American citizens".

The pro wrestling legend made his return to the company Friday at WWE's "Crown Jewel" pay-per-view from Saudi Arabia . The marquee match is Shawn Michals coming out of retirement to team with Triple H against Undertaker & Kane .

MF Aaron Ramsey N/R - Came on shortly before the goal but didn't have much of an impact off the bench this time. MF Granit Xhaka, 8 - A perfectly timed sliding tackle on Salah in the box set the tone for the entire team.

Olivier Giroud has missed out due to a minor injury, meaning Alvaro Morata starts as the focal point of the Chelsea attack. Big things are expected of the England global , despite him struggling to make his mark under Sarri so far.

Now, the lights will be on at Soldier Field as the Bears hit Sunday night Football for the first time since Week 1. Chicago now leads the NFC North at 5-3, a half-game in front of Minnesota, which has a bye this week.

In one of the major highlights from today Blizzcon livestream, it was revealed that WoW Classic would have a release date in 2019. Here's a look at all the big news we got for Overwatch , Heroes of the Storm , Hearthstone , Warcraft 3 , and more.

But also, we need the regularity of every match and the next match against Wolverhampton here, is the same. "It was very intense". Arsenal brought pretty much all of their strikers [on]... "I was actually waiting for Robin van Persie and Dennis Bergkamp".

The president's party has lost seats in every midterm election since 1946, with just two exceptions: 1998 and 2002. The polls are showing very close races for both the House and Senate heading into Tuesday's midterm elections .

The Overwatch roster is set to get just that little bit bigger with the reveal of a new character for the popular hero shooter. The second character revealed was not given a gameplay trailer, nor did she show off any combat abilities in the cinematic.

Four passengers who got off the bus confirmed that a 48-year-old woman argued with the driver because she had missed her stop. The statement concluded that both the passenger and the driver had broken laws for seriously endangering public safety.

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